Holland-Zeeland Labor Day Truck Parade seeks participants

MLive.com file photoSemi-trucks head west on Chicago Drive in the annual Holland-Zeeland Truck Parade.

HOLLAND, MI -- The Holland/Zeeland Community Truck Parade is busy lining up companies to bring their big 18-wheelers for the annual Labor Day run.

“It’s become a major event with thousands of people, especially families with kids, lining the parade route to watch the trucks drive by,” event organizer Carla Flanders said.

The event, now in its eighth year, is seeking about 50 trucks for the parade. Participation is open to local Holland and Zeeland area businesses that provide products or services.

“You don’t have to be a big company or have an 18-wheeler to have your truck in the parade. We want trucks that look good and represent a local company,” she said.

Companies wanting to be in this year’s parade are asked to register at truckparade.org and click on "Participate.”

The truck parade is scheduled for Sept. 3 starts on Main Street in downtown Zeeland at 9:15 a.m. The mile-long convoy of trucks then heads down Chicago Drive to downtown Holland rolling down Eighth Street and ending at the Civic Center parking lot.

“Following the parade, kids and families can get a look inside the trucks and have free hotdogs and ice cream served by local companies,” Flanders said.